Design and testing of a new magnetorheometer

A new, commercially available polishing process called magnetorheological fininshing is used to polish and figure precision optics. To understand and model this process correctly it is important to determine the mechanical properties of the fluid under the influence of the magnetic field. Magnetorhe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Review of scientific instruments 1999-11, Vol.70 (11), p.4200-4206
Hauptverfasser: Shorey, Aric B., Kordonski, William I., Gorodkin, Sergei R., Jacobs, Stephen D., Gans, Roger F., Kwong, Kevin M., Farny, Caleb H.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A new, commercially available polishing process called magnetorheological fininshing is used to polish and figure precision optics. To understand and model this process correctly it is important to determine the mechanical properties of the fluid under the influence of the magnetic field. Magnetorheotogical (MR) fluids are commonly modeled as Bingham fluids, so one of the essential properties to measure is the yield stress. Since MR fluids are inherently anisotropic, the yield stress will depend on the mutual orientation of the magnetic field and the direction of deformation. The relative orientation of the field and deformation in polishing does not coincide with common rheological setups, so a new rheometer has been designed and tested. This new magnetorheometer design has been shown to give correct stresses during calibration experiments using Newtonian fluids with a known viscosity. The measured stress has also been shown to have a magnitude consistent with published finite element approximations for magnetic fluids. The design of the instrument was complicated because of the requirements imposed upon the magnetic field, and the difficulty in satisfying the no slip boundary condition. Our results show the importance of having a homogeneous field in the test region during measurements. The solutions to these problems and discussion of the measurements on nonmagnetic and magnetic fluids are given.
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.1150052